The tectonic puzzle of the Messina area (Southern Italy): Insights from new seismic reflection data

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Doglioni, Carlo ^a   Ligi, Marco ^b   Scrocca, Davide ^a   Bigi, Sabina ^a   Bortoluzzi, Giovanni ^b   Carminati, Eugenio ^a   Cuffaro, Marco ^a   D'Oriano, Filippo ^b   Forleo, Vittoria ^a   Muccini, Filippo ^c   Riguzzi, Federica ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

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EID: 84871751699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00970     Document Type: Article

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